Loewe IR codes

[dozley]

I'm at a loss...
I have a Loewe VCR, and want to use it to provide the FTA channels to my US Series 1 Tivo.
I can't seem to transmit the IR codes (capture seems fine) using the IRSliceCreator.
I've tried to transmit at all frequencies between 31 and 66.

Do any of you know if there if a code which works out-of-the-box ie from a different manufacturer?
I understand that there are at least two other forum members who also own Loewes, so I'd be keen to hear from them...maybe programming the IR codes from a Loewe hasn't been done before :-(
I also read somewhere Goldstar use the same remote codes, but that isn't an option under the guided setup.

Thanks,

Dozley

[petestrash]

Unfortunately I don't know of anyone who has successfully used a Loewe VCR as tuner for a TiVo.

There are a few members who have Loewe TV's and they also cannot get the TiVo to control the volume.

You would probably be best off buying a supported digital STB.

The current list of supported STB's and VCR's includes:

Akai Microyal MRX-1200
Akai STB
Akai VS-F280
Akai VS-G2160
Akai VS-G765
Austar ADB Atlas
Austar ADB Omega
DGTECH 2000A
DGTECH DG-T80SD
DGTECH DG-T90SD
DSE G7654
DSE G7659
Foxtel DS420NF
Foxtel DSD 720 iX
Foxtel DxD1000
Foxtel STU100
Foxtel STU120
Foxtel STU200 V1
Foxtel STU200 V2
Foxtel STU420
Foxtel STU660
Foxtel STU700
Foxtel STU720 V1
Foxtel STU720 V2
Foxtel STU720 V3
Grundig Unknown
Hitachi FX868E
Hotchip TRD3120
Humax 5400Z
Humax F2-1010T
JVC HR-J665EA
Kaon 200
Kross TSK-530STB
LG AF993W
LG V782NWK
Mitsubishi HS-851V
Mitsubishi HS-E20
Motorola DTH325-4
Motorola DVi4000
Motorola Streamaster5000
NEC NEC1066VCR
NEC VHG-106
Opentel ODT3000F
Panasonic NV-FJ620
Panasonic NV-FJ630
Panasonic NV-HD620
Panasonic TC20A
Panasonic Unknown
Panasonic nv-sd280ea
Philips VR 730
Philips VR656-75r
Samsung DCB-9401R
Samsung DTB-9401F
Samsung DTB-D700F
Samsung SV-DVD54T
Samsung SV600
Sanyo VHR-830
Sharp VC320E
Sony SLV-815
Sony Unknown
Strong SRT5000
Strong SRT5200
Strong SRT5300
Teac 6010g
Teac 850
Teac DV-B200
Teac DV-B300
Teac DV-B350
Teac DV-B400
Teac DV-B400 V2
Teac DV-B420
Teac ITV-D500
Teac MV-6000
Tevion MD-29005
Thomson DTI352
Thomson DTI352 V2
Thomson DTI500AU
Thomson DXD506RD
Topfield TF4000T
Toshiba HD-S23A
Wintel DigiCrystal 8800
Wintel Supernet
Wintel Win1x
Wintel Wintel 1x
Wintel digicrystal 8800
Yess DVB-T1288

Peter.

[dozley]

Thanks very much for your reply Peter.

I contacted the Loewe importer in New Zealand yesterday and spoke to one of the technicians.
I asked about the frequency that they transmit at, but he said he didn't know.
He did however say that they used the same codes as Panasonic.

I tried each of the Panasonic codes in the OzTivo slice, but none of them worked :-(

In other news, I heard back from the Loewe Helpline in Germany (via the Loewe helpline in the UK). Their response was:

"frequency is 36 khz, TV uses RC5 code, VCR Kaseiko code"

I'm too sure where I should go from here, or whether I should just give up and get a PAL tuner installed sooner rather than later...

[zollymonsta]

Well now you have the frequency at least, so theres no reason why you cant go here -> http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/IR/CaptureIrCodesWithIrSliceCreator

No other equipment is required (your tivo is used to capture the codes).

You won't need to run through all the frequency possibitlities as you know what the frequency is.

ZollyMonsta

P.S If you get the IR code captured successfully, and it works, don't forget to submit it to the IR database to help out other people with Lowe VCR's. :)

[dozley]

Hi Zollymonster,

Yes - in theory I should be able to use IR Slice Creator. I did this the other day (before I knew the frequency). I found that the "target length" was "2" and I was able to capture all of the codes. When trying to transmit them it didn't seem to work. As I didn't know the frequency then, I tried ALL of the frequencies from 31 to 66...(as per original post).

I'm not sure what "TV uses RC5 code, VCR Kaseiko code" from the Loewe helpline means - I'm guessing it's a way to differentiate between the TV and VCR when sending codes, so I don't think that will help me.

I could try and redo the IR Slice Creator, maybe using different target lengths this time, and see how I go, but I don't hold out much hope.

[dozley]

Hi.
Just thought I'd finish off this thread (unless anyone else has something to add) by saying I never did get it to work. Tried a frequency of 36, tried different code lengths - no joy :-(

I'm just gonna have to get a PAL tuner mod done ASAP...oh well...

Dozley

[petestrash]

I'm just gonna have to get a PAL tuner mod done ASAP...oh well...

Or just buy a supported VCR or STB :)

Peter.